One of the world's great history books and the first true historical narrative of Western literature, this chronicle resonates with tales of heroism and villainy, deeds of courage and desperation and the eternal folly of human conflict. The author served as an Athenian general in the disastrous 27-year struggle between Athens and Sparta, yet his accounts are scrupulously impartial and accurate. Unabridged republication of the edition published by E.P.Dutton & Co., New York, 1910. 5 maps.